Example sentences of "went [adv prt] [prep] a bang " in BNC.

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1 Went down with a bang over there . ’
2 But someone discovered in China that you could put them together and it went off with a bang .
3 Rob Andrew went off with a bang on the nose which needed an X-ray , although it was later revealed that there was no fracture , while his replacement Stuart Barnes had 12 stitches in a head wound caused by a stray boot .
4 Behind him the tailgate went up with a bang , and through his face he felt the vibrations of an engine .
5 L&SE went out with a bang rather than a whimper. 12 May was marked by the introduction of no less than four new electric services ; on the Eastern Region branch lines between Wickford and Southminster and between Romford and Upminster ; on the Great Eastern main line between Manningtree and Harwich ; and ( at last ) over the thirty-two miles between Tonbridge and Hastings .
6 The idea of dying did n't worry him , so long as he went out with a bang .
7 Brilliant bio-chemist Jeff Thorp went out with a bang as the rockets exploded at 300ft , scattering his cremated remains in a shower of silver , green and red stars .
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